ISO/TS16949 automotive industry quality management system certification

TS16949
First, ISO/TS16949:2009 standards introduced
The international organization for Standardization (ISO) in June 2009 announced a industry quality system requirements, its full name is "quality management system for automotive industry production and relevant service part organizations implementation of ISO9001: 2008 special requirements", ISO / TS16949.
In order to coordinate international automotive quality system standard, by the world's major automobile manufacturers and the association in 1996 established a specialized agency, known as the International Automotive Group International Automotive task force (IATF). Members of IATF including the international standards organization quality management and quality assurance technical committee (ISO / TC176), the Italian Association of the automotive industry (ANFIA), the French carmaker Committee (CCFA) and automotive equipment industry alliance FIEV, the German Association of the automotive industry (VDA), car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler Chrysler Chrysler, Fiat, Ford (F, Fortune 500), General Motors (GM), Renault (Renault) and mass (Volkswagen). IATF to three European standard VDA6.1 (Germany), VSQ (Italy), eaqf (France) and QS-9000 (North America) coordination, combined with ISO9001: 2008 version of the standard based, in recognition of the ISO / TC176, formulate the standard of ISO / TS16949:2009. IATF is the only recognized TS16949 certification body, only by the IATF accredited certification body to allow for TS16949 certification audit, issued with IATF certification mark.
EUC is one of the IATF accreditation bodies can be carried out TS16949:2009 certification, issued with its accreditation mark certification bodies.
TS16949 is designed to meet the requirements of the global procurement of automotive industry, reduce the automotive parts and materials suppliers to meet the quality system requirements of various countries and the burden of multiple certification, thereby reducing the cost of procurement. This standard is based on the internationally accepted ISO9001 standard, and supplements the special requirements of the automobile industry. It is a technical specification of the international automobile industry, its pertinence and applicability are very clear: this specification is only applicable to the automobile factory and its direct spare parts manufacturers. These manufacturers must be directly related to the production of cars, can carry out processing and manufacturing activities, and through such activities to enable the product to increase. For the certification of the company's manufacturers qualifications, has a strict limit. Those who only have support function, such as the design center, corporate headquarters and distribution centers, etc., can not be independent of ISO/TS16949:2009 certification. For those manufacturers or automotive spare parts manufacturers manufacturing equipment and tools manufacturers, but also can not get the ISO/TS16949:2009 certification. Therefore, the implementation of ISO/TS16949:2009, the three major automobile companies and their spare parts manufacturing suppliers will have a direct impact.
ISO/TS16949 pays special attention to the finished product of the manufacturer and the ability to achieve the quality system of the finished product. It believes that this is the basis for the entire manufacturing process. Another feature is that it pays special attention to the effectiveness of an agency's quality management system.
ISO/TS16949:2009 review, from a single element of the audit into a process of audit, the focus on the user as the center. It is based on the requirements of the user to assess the activities of manufacturers, around the user's satisfaction to measure the performance of manufacturers. In addition, the three major automobile manufacturers, their suppliers have made the special requirements of the quality system, and ISO/TS16949:2009 audit, but also to meet the requirements of the audit.
ISO/TS16949 put the user's requirements and technical specifications on the same important position. Therefore, the certification company certification audit, a lot of places similar to the second party audit.
Two, ISO/TS16949:2009 applicable objects
TS16949:2009 certification registration, only applicable to the automobile plant and its direct parts manufacturers. These manufacturers must be directly related to the production of cars, with processing and manufacturing capabilities, and through the realization of this ability to enable the product to increase.
The company, which requires ISO/TS16949:2009 certification, must have a record of production and quality management for at least 12 consecutive months, including a complete record of internal review and management review.
For a newly established processing sites, such as no 12 months of records, can also be reviewed to confirm the quality system specification requirements, the certification issued by the company issued by the EUC certificate of compliance". After 12 months of records, the certification audit registration.
The certification certificate awarded by institutions, such as can not continue to keep quality system normal operation and product quality consistency, there will be revoked certificate risk.
Three, the benefits of ISO/TS16949:2009 certification
(a) improve the management to ensure quality
ISO/TS16949 is the international automobile industry technical specifications, is based on the basis of ISO9001, joined the technical specifications of the automotive industry. This specification is fully consistent with ISO9000:2008, but more emphasis on defect prevention, reduce the quality of the automotive parts supply chain is easy to produce fluctuations and waste. This will help the organization to improve its own quality level and competitiveness.
(two) a single standard, global mutual recognition
Another major feature of ISO/TS16949:2009 is that it is subject to IATF's recognition of a single global quality system standard and the registration process. This single standard, so that mutual recognition has a common foundation. Therefore, the reduction of automotive parts and materials suppliers to meet the requirements of different quality systems and multiple certification burden, so as to save costs for the organization. In addition, compared to the document review, TS16949 pay more attention to the process of audit.

(three) qualification certificate, status guarantee
As early as April 24, 2002, Ford, general motors and Chrysler three major automobile manufacturers in Detroit, Michigan, held a news conference to announce the supply manufacturers to take TS16949 specifications. Citroen (Citroen), mark (Peugeot), Reno (Renault) and Nissan (Nissan) and other car manufacturers have also been forced to ask their suppliers through the ISO/TS16949 certification. If the supplier does not receive the ISO/TS16949 certification, it will mean losing the qualification as a supplier.
In addition to the promotion of automobile OEM, many local and municipal and district government from the provision of enterprise management level, to improve the quality of production point of view, have asked the car related enterprises to import ISO/TS16949 specifications.
For domestic automobile enterprises, the earlier through the ISO/TS16949 certification, in the market competition, the more dominant.